Crimson and White
VOL. XXX, NO. 5
THE MILNE SCHOOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
FEBRUARY 17, 1967
Honor Society Sponsors
Little Red Schoolhouse Team
Lincoln Center Presentations
Hailing from the Repertory Theater of New York City’s Lincoln
Albany Academy, Milne’s traditional sports rival, was victor in a scho­
lastic contest staged on the Little Red Schoolhouse program, February 7. Center, the American Mime Theater will give a performance at a special
The final score in the Academy match was 190-160. Milne defeated assembly, March 28.
Under the sponsorship of the Milne Chapter of the National Honor
Catholic Central High School by a 220-160 margin the previous week.
Led by Steve Patent, who was appearing for his third year on the Society, the Lincoln Center Student Program will bring a .series of four
program, the team earned seventy-five dollars for the National Honor presentations to Milne, of which this offering will be the first.
Honor Society has-requested a flute
Society in their two weeks of play.1
and harpsichord recital, a chamber
The money will be used to help
music ensemble, and a modern
finance the Lincoln Center perform­
dance group for future assemblies.
ances which the Honor Society plans
All of the presentations, which
to bring to Milne this spring.
may be actual performances, master
Other members of the team were:
classes, workshops, or lecture-dem­
Bill Wachsman, senior; Larry Binder,
onstrations, are on a fully profes­
sophomore; junior Mary Moore who
sional level.
played in the Catholic Central game;
Advisor Mrs. Marshall Losee
'and senior Sally Button who filled
sparked the Honor Society’s enthu­
in the fourth spot in the game
siasm for the project, after reading
against Academy.
a newspaper account of a similar
program at an area school.
Mrs. Marshall Losee, advisor of
To help finance the $925 project,
the Honor Society, also advised the
each student and teacher will pay a
“Schoolhouse” team. Practice ses­
small admission fee. Besides the
sions were held in the Richardson
Milne student body, Honor Society
television studio with the equipment
and the school itself will also con­
which had been constructed for the
tribute.
Albany State College Bowl team.
From the proceeds of an all school
Although no formal announcement
dance, March 11, from seven to
was made to the Milne student body
eleven P.M. in Page Gym, Honor
because of the mid-semester break,
Moderator Dave Kroman quizzes rival Milne and Academy teams.
Society will pay its share of the cost.
two bus-loads of students accom­
Each student may invite one guest
panied the team to the WRGB studio
to sway with the Revolutions, which
for both games.
played at this year’s Alumni Ball.
This year’s competition marked
The money accumulated on the
What is the cause of the anxieties of modern man? We feel that the
Milne’s fourth year on the program.
“Little Red Schoolhouse” program
journalism
profession
has
something
to
do
with
it.
Therefore,
the
C&W
Last year’s team won three consecu­
for the past three years will also
tive matches, only to be defeated is printing this article to help soothe the troubled minds of the Milne stu­ help to defray the cost.
in the play-offs at the end of the dents and faculty. The reader can
year.
now feel satisfied in that he reads
Patent answered a total of nine­ the newspaper, but since there is
teen questions correctly in the two no bad news, in fact, no news at
New York City was the objective for eight senior art students, January
games this year. Mary Moore earned all in this article, his anguish can 31 ,as they traveled with faculty members Mrs. Arthur Ahr, Mrs. Vincent
be
postponed
just
that
much
longer.
eight points in her one performance.
and Mr. Mark Yolles for a day of art perusal and perception.
As someone once said, its an ill Walker,
Included in her answers was a series
Marlene Abrams, Paula Boom- ------------------------—-----------------------------on animal names based on Chaucer’s newspaper that doesn’t blow some­ sliter, Sally Button, Mary Contom- jewelry, and weapons collections,
one some good.
—The Editors
Canterbury Tales.
pasis, Chris Curtis, Sue Hohenstein, among other exhibits.
Ron Johnston, and Bob Oppe man­
Located at the new Whitney
aged to visit the Guggenheim, Museum, the 1966 Annual ContemMetropolitan, and Whitney museums pory American Sculpture and Prints
Mrs. Joseph McGinnis, formerly study of vocabulary in a public before the day was over.
Exhibition, with its ordinary and
First stopping at the Guggenheim, unusual prints, odd shaped steel
of the Milne faculty, will become an high school and found a relationship
the
students
saw
Kandinsky’s
water
between
a
person’s
vocabulary
range
associate in Teacher-Education with
structures, and realistic and “found”
the State Education Department, and his intelligence, when compared colors, prints, and paintings on glass art in many combinations, was next
and
Jean
Dubuffet’s
red,
white,
and
upon her return from a Virgin Is­ in a modern, middle class society.
on the schedule.
blue impressions of scissors, coffee
lands vacation, Februai'y 18.
“I have enjoyed my years here,” pots, and other utensils.
After a walk down Fifth Avenue,
Her duties at Milne, supervising comments Mrs. McGinnis. She offers
At the Metropolitan, the group there was dinner -at the Tokyo
English 11 and teaching^ an Enghsl this further observation, “Milne
12 class, fall to Mrs. Abram Pock, gives a great deal of individual dispersed into smaller units and Sukiyaki Restaurant, where chop­
a newcomer to the Milne faculty, freedom to the student, but it ex­ wandered freely about, taking time sticks, tortoni, and tea were the
and Mrs. Joseph Kelly, respectively. pects a great deal of responsibility for the Rodin sculpture, Egyptian order.
The eighth grade homeroom previ­ in the use of that freedom.’
ously in her charge is temporarily
Mrs. Pock has been a teacher of
under the supervision of a graduate
English at Bethlehem Central High
student teacher.
School for the past fifteen years.
Faculty Senate member Mrs. Mc­ She is presently on a one year sab­
Ginnis also served as advisor to both batical leave from the school, so will
Eighteen seniors, or twenty-five percent of the seventy-one members
Ambassadors, the service organiza­ be at Milne only for the current of the class of 1967, have been awarded Regents Scholarships from the
tion, and Riding Club at Milne. Mrs. semester.
State of New York.
Vincent Walker, art teacher, will
Those presented with the awards were: Abe Anolik, Naomi Aronson,
After
receiving
her
college
educa­
fill out the remaining year of Mrs.
Susan Bloomfield, Paula Boomsliter, Sally Button, Bernard Dubb, Carol
tion ai the State University of New Graham, Don Herres, Sue Hohenstein, Al Holzinger, lN[aomi Jochnowitz,
McGinnis’ term in the Senate.
Three articles written by Mrs. York at Albany, Mrs. Pock had “the John Margolis, Carol Michaelson, Anne Miller, Steve Patent, Phyllis Rick­
McGinnis appear in published form, kind of experience one wants to man, and Bill Wachsman. Bob Linn was presented with one of the awards
Mr. William Kraus, a former Milne have again.” She student taught at for relatives of disabled veterans.
English supervisor who is currently Milne.
Schcolarships awarded to students of Albany County totaled 332, with
an off campus teacher, collaborating
“Then, as now, Milne students the highest score being 282 out of a possible 300. Steve Patent scored
with her on the last, which concerns were respectful and nice people to 281 on the test to place second in the county. The highest score in the
the humanities course which all know,” according to her.
entire state was 292.
seniors study.
These scholarships provide students with $250 to $1000 to be used in
Mrs. Pock’s ■ main interest is her
Mrs. McGinnis has also composed , husband, who owns the Blue Note furthering their educations, under the condition that they attend an
accredited college in New York State.
a pamphlet on a three year research | Record Shop.
No News Is Good News
NEW YORK TRIP CENTERS AROUND ART
Mrs. McGinnis Exits; Mrs. Pock Enters
Class of %7 Sets Scholarship Record;
Patent Is Second in County With 281
CRIMSON AND WHITE
PAGE 2
Don’t Go to College
"And the children go to summer comp
And then to the university
And they all get put in boxes
And they all come out the same."
Is this it? Is this what students work for
from grammar school through high school?
Is a college education worth the thousands of
dollars invested and the loss of identity that
may result? In many cases the answer is NO!
Society is turning more and more toward
the philosophy that intelligence is measured
in degrees—the kind that come on a piece of
paper. Now it seems that success is impos­
sible without a college diploma.
Everyone is caught up in THE BIG PUSH.
Some students who will not be admitted to
any major college waste their time and money
applying to Northern Alaska Universiity and
Miss Miller's Junior College just so they can
go somewhere, anywhere, in September.
And what happens then? One out of every
70 students will threaten to commit suicide.
One out of ten will drop out after his first
semester. Many of them will never see a pro­
fessor, who is usually occupied with publish­
ing or lecture tours, until their senior year.
The grads will flood the labor market clutch­
ing their powerful diplomas only to be placed
in the stockroom or in a training course.
It is generally accepted that those with poor
verbal skills should not go to college. Those
with good manual skills are wasting their time
in a college Latin course. "Why not become
a good mechanic instead of a bad engineer?"
What are the alternatives? Work—get a
job and work at it . Use the money saved for
your first year's tuition and travel—cross
country or to Europe. Join the Peace Corps.
Train in some practical, interesting and self
satisfying program. There is time enough for
college after you have learned a little about
yourself. And READ. Don't stop learning
just because you are out of the classroom.
Think about this quotation from The Aims
of Education by Alfred North Whitehead:
"Culture is activity of thought, and re­
ceptiveness to beauty and humane
feeling. Scraps of information have
nothing to do with it. A merely wellinformed man is the most useless boor
in God's earth."
—S.H.
"If a man does not keep pace with his
companion, perhaps it is because he
hears a different drummer ... let him
step to the music he hears."
—Henry D. Thoreau
HUH!
What, me learn? You’re crazy!
Why would I do a thing like that?
Oh, sure, I go to school, but—well,
you know how it is. . . .
But school’s really a blast—we
have a zillion different extra-cur­
ricular activities, like the Driver
Ed Club (it’s gear, man) (sorry) or
the KTDC, B (Keep the Desks
Clean, Baby). We all have a great
lime at school!
Huh? What was that? Is Milne
serving inluck of parenthesis? Oh,
in loco parentis. Well, I don’t know
about that. My Chinese class hasn’t
reached the Ts” on our vocabulary
list yet . . . Oh, so that’s what it
means! I suppose Milne’s doing a
passable job of
replacing my
parents, but the administration isn’t
too free with the money, you know.
All in all, is Milne a good school?
Hmm. It certainly is! The student
teachers are pretty good-looking,
the auditorium seats art comfort­
able, there’s a good selection of
food in the cafeteria. . . . Yeah, I
guess I’d give Milne an A-OK
rating.
What?
Oh, I based my
rating on what counts, on the im­
portant things.
Classes?
Why,
they have nothing to do with it!
—L.H.
It’s Happening
February 20: Howard Johnson, MIT
president, speaks on science, Lin­
ton H. S.
February 24: Granville Hicks, lec­
turing on contemporary novelists,
Siena College, 8:00 p.m.
February 25: National Merit Schol­
arship Qualifying Test, and Milne
entrance exam
February 28: Albany Symphony,
Strand Theater, 8:30 p.m.
March 1: Don Cossack Chorus,
R-C-S High School, 8:15 p.m., $2
March 11: National Honor Society
Dance, Page Gym, 7:30-11 p.m.
March 14: Porgy and Bess, Palace
Theater, 8:30 p.m.
March 15-18: Morton of the Movies,
Page Hall, 8:30 p.m.
March 22: Easter Recess begins at
noon
March 28: Milne resumes, 8:30 a.m.
March 28: Lincoln Center Student
Program
FEBRUARY 17, 1967
Quo Vadis ?
The scene: A student teacher, Miss Informed
is going over a test with Joe (The Calculator)
Snojob. He has flunked it miserably.
Teacher: "Do you understand the theorem
now? You just couldn't get the math part
correct on the test."
(Meanwhile, Joe and his friend have been
not-so-silently snickering at one of their own
witty jokes. Joe answers the teacher:)
Joe: "Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle."
Teacher: "Joe, since you got a sixty-eight
on this test and a D on your last one, I'm
afraid this means you'll get a U for the
quarter."
Joe (snapping to attention, mouth open
wide). Oh, no! If you add up my quiz marks
for the first four weeks, divide by the days
I've been absent, and square my homework
average, I can pass with a D. I've figured it
all out very carefully." (A huge grin accom­
panies this last statement).
The curtain
drops, as does Miss Informed.
i
Epilogue
The Milne student, Homo sapiens (or so he
hopes) simply cares more about that little
cardboard report card than all his textbooks
combined.
A lecture is inevitably interrupted by the
query: Will we have to know this for our test?
If the instructor unwittingly answers in the
negative, twenty-four budding brains will be
switched off for the remainder of the period.
It seems there is one objective for the stu­
dent—his "scholastic" record. The incon­
venience of learning something new is the
means to achieve this end.
One thing is certain. If the Milne student
continues to write his own script to this comic
tragedy, it will end with the first act.
—S.B.
Coin Sense
All hough the luriler is not on the
C&W staff, we are glad to print
his contribution.
1. Which United States mints are
still in existence?
2. What was the first coin to bear
the bust of an individual?
3. Was there ever an $8 bill?
4. Who designed the Lincoln Head
penny?
5. What 1955 penny is worth
$350?.
6. When and why did the U. S.
government print a coin in honor of
Albany?
Answers
1. Those at Denver
2. The Lincoln Head Penny
3. Yes, minted by the 1777 Conti­
nental Congress
4. Victor D. Brenner
5. 1955 double die uncirculated
6. In 1936, to commemorate the
250th anniversary of Albany’s char­
ter. It was a silver dollar.
,
—Alan Lasker
Crimson and White
Vol. XXX
Feb. 17, 1967
N^T5
Published by the Crimson and White
Board, the Milne School, Albany, Npw
York.
Address exchanges to the
Exchange Editor and other correspon­
dence to the Editor.
Member
Columbia Scholastic Press Assn.
The Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief.....Sarah Button, Suzanne Hohenstein
Associate Editor...............................................Mary Moore
Editorial Editor................................................ Laura Harris
.........John Margolis
Sports Editor.....
Feature Editor...
... Paula Boomsliter
Treasurer .............
Naomi Aronson
Exchange Editor
......Margaret Diggs
Faculty Advisor
Mr. Richard Lewis
Staff
Bill Wachsman, Linda Wyatt, Ellie Ainspan, Kathy
Langer, Roz Hohenstein, Bob Castellani, Judy Schuster,
Dick Ettelson.
FEBRUARY 17, 1967
CRIMSON AND WHITE
SPORTS SPOTLIGHT
By LOUIS ROVELLI
For three years, Milne court ace Bob Blanton has thrilled spectators
and gained innumerable honors. These honors have included several ap­
pearances on the Knickerbocker News Team of the Week, and last year’s
selection to the All-Albany second team.
Blanton has led the ’66-’67 Raid- ,
ers’ balanced attack with 258 points
going into tonight’s game with
Averill Park. This is enough to
place him high among area socring leaders in spite of the fact that
he has played two or three games
less than most of the other leaders.
Bob is also locked in a league scor­
ing duel with Gary McVee of Voorheesville.
Bob Blanton now holds another
honor as Milne’s all-time scoring
leader. He broke the school record
in Milne’s finest effort of the season
against Waterford. His clutch foul
shooting and 22 point total went far
to aid the one point victory.
With every point he scores, Robert
Blanton adds to his record and en­
hances a basketball career that is
undoubtedly one of the outstanding
individual efforts in Milne’s ath­ Bob Blanton: Milne’s
pointletic history.
maker.
Excursion to N.Y.C. Baseball Forecast
By BARRY RICHTER
On January 31st, 40 Milne boys
departed from Albany at 2:30 in the
afternoon.
They returned twelve
hours later after a very exciting
trip sponsored by the Milne athletic
department.
The destination of the energetic
group was Madison Square Garden
in New York City. After a quick
dinner in Ramsey, New Jersey, the
Milne throng set out for the Garden
and arrived just as the first game
of a double-header began. In the
breathtaking first game, Detroit was
edged by the San Francisco quintet
by 2 points.
The second game,
somewhat less “hair-raising”, pitted
St. Louis against New York; New
York won by a comfortable margin.
Commenting on the games, Ron
Laraway and other spectatores cited
Dave Berg and Lou Hudson, of De­
troit and St. Louis respectively, as
possible rookie-of-the-year candi­
dates.
Because a bus was provided for
the group, the cost was minimal—
but, according to the travellers, ex­
citement and enjoyment were in
abundance.
GAA
By SALLY BUTTON
Milne will sponsor, for the sec­
ond year, a Mail-o-graphic Bowling
Tournament for Junior and Senior
High teams.
Each participating
school sends in authenticated team
scores, which compete in this proxy
tournament. The Milne girls will
handle all the paper work.
Sandy Herkowitz heads the Var­
sity bowlers with her average of
146. Other high scorers are: Sue
Hohenstein, 144; Kathy Langer,
137; and Rose Ann Thompson, 132.
Dianne Dorenz laeds the Junior
Varsity team with a 146 average.
The Freshman team is topped by
Lynn Sherman with 125.
Hoopsters Organize
A small turnout and lack of prac­
ticing space are the disadvantages
faced by this year’s basketball team.
Nevertheless, four games are sched­
uled for this season. A sportsday at
Mechanicville; and games with Mt.
Pleasant, St. Agnes, and Linton.
By RICK OTTY
As the basketball season nears its
uid, baseball will soon be upon us.
In about a month and a half, the
U)i7 baseball season will begin. It
should be a grfeat one.
Eight starting players from last
year’s squad will be returning to
tackle the favorite spring sport. The
Raiders won eleven games in nine­
teen starts in 1966 and tied for sec­
ond in the Hudson Valley League
with an eight and six mark. The
team almost managed to place sec­
ond in the Class “D” sectionals.
(As yet, the runner-up trophy has
failed to arrive). This record was
compiled mostly by sophomores and
juniors.
The tremendous experience factor
accompanying the Milne team this
year should prove troublesome to op­
ponents. They have played together
for at least a year and can, wilh
student support, accomplish the
finest baseball season Milne has
ever experienced. Let’ find our way
to Ridgefield, and back our team.
PAGE 3
The Bowlers’ Alley
By BRUCE KOROTKIN
The varsity bowling team began their season in quest of a league
championship. Midway through their Central Hudson Valley League
schedule, the keglers appeared to have won the league title. In the latter
half of the season, the team lost any hope for the C.H.V.L. crown.
Milne’s first three matches were staged at the home lanes, the Playdium. The varsity defeated Catskill 4-0 on December 5, swept Waterford-Halfmoon 4-0 on December 12, and beat Maple Hill 3-1 on January
16. Senior co-captain Steve Rider paced the Raiders against Catskill with
a 194-566. Rich Friedlander rolled a 545 and a 491 in the Waterford and
Maple Hill matches, respectively. However, the loss of one point to Maple
Hill was just the beginning of a long down-hill fall for the Future Profs
(Maple Hill had previously lost 4-0 to both Catskill and Waterford).
Catskill, Waterford Are Waterloos
The next two matches resulted in twin 4-0 losses for Milne’s strug­
gling pinsters. At Catskill, January 30, strong performances by “Cat”
aces Randy Fried and Paul Overbaugh overshadowed Rider’s 205-525.
By virtue of their triumph, Catskill vaulted into the league lead. A fine
Waterford team effort, February 6, continued Milne’s decline despite
Friedlander’s 205-553.
The varsity bowlers have been hampered by inconsistency. In the
first match (Catskill), two bowlers failed to roll 450 for their three-game
totals while three other keglers topped 500. Against Waterford at home,
the entire team bowled well, averaging just below 170 per man. Yet,
in the following contest, scores dropped dismally, evidenced by the 150
per man average. Facing Catskill in Hudson, although Albie Holzinger
hit 505, lack of team support spelled doom for the Raiders. Finally subpar scores paved the way for defeat at Waterford.
With continued practice, the varsity hopes to regain peak form in
time for the upcoming sectionals.
Name
Holzinger
Buenau
Games
... 15
... 15
13
3
4
6
14
... 12
5
3
Total Pins
2605
2537
2054
468
624
921
2113
1787
743
413
Schedule Notes
The basketball game with Coxsackie,
orginally
scheduled
for
January 27, will be played on Tues­
day, February 21.
High Single
205
205
179
168
188
176
179
191
168
155
I find that year by year I read less and less of the daily newspapers.
At first I stopped reading comics because after a Lying day at a funeral
or a difficult counselling session, the harsh lot of Rex Morgan or Orphan
Annie would break me up. More recently, I have begun to ignore the
news section because I no longer have confidence, not necessarily in the
news media, but in the managers of the news. Yesterday’s announcement
from a “usually reliable” source, is reinterpreted today and indignantly
denied tomoriow. As for the editorial page, the experts and the analysts
are on a steady diet of crow as every day’s events shatter their cock-sure
pronouncements. As a character in a Saroyan play says, “There’s no
foundation all the way down the line.” You can’t depend on anything—
except the sports page.
No Credibility Gap in Spo ds Field
When the sports writer tells me that Sandy Koufax struck out eight
men, I can trust him. When I read that Notre Dame beat Indiana 26-1,
1 can be sure that it was exactly that tally, and I don’t have to worry
that tlie government inforamtion agencies will conceal the score and try
to mystify me with reports that the loss was light, moderate or heavy.
When I learn that fifteen men were used by the Orioles in one game, I
can be certain that I won’t be gulled by a phony body count. That’s why
I believe faith in men, when it is restored, will emerge from the sports
pages of America. That is why a theology of athletics should be devel­
oped, because at least in the area of sports reporting, a touchdown is al­
ways worth six points, not eight, or ten, or none. Here is a fixed truth
that cannot be tampered with. Here is the last refuge of credibility, and
it ought to be honored by being printed on Page One. Here are the last
believable men of the age. Would Arthur Daley dare to give Mickey
Mantle (.288) a batting record of .314? Would Red Smith dare to say
that when Willie Mays went down swinging, the score keeper was lying?
Washington, D. C., Bonn, Moscow, Hanoi, latch on to the sports writers
before it is too late
—Rabbi David Polish
491
505
476
485
442
413
Avg.
173.7
169.1
158.0
156.0
156.0
153.5
150.9
148.9
148.6
137.7
OBSERVATIONS
1.
Milne will represent the Central
Hudson Valley League in the Class
“D” basketball sectionals. The Red
Raiders face the winner of the
Green County League (presently led
by Greenville) on March 4 th at
Ravena.
I Only Read the, Sports Page
High Triple
566
553
519
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Coach Cliff Tamsett has
done an excellent job with
the freshman basketball
team. Working diligently
at irregularly scheduled
practices, the boys have
displayed marked improve­
ment in recent games. The
spirit and ability of both
coach and players will
prove a great asset in
Milne's basketball future.
The Milne Girls Athletic
Association's sports pro­
gram must be one of the
most diversified of its kind
in the area.
J.V. basketball coach
Robert Wallace, substituting freely, has found
depth in his bench.
Too bad n o n - I e ague
matches were not scheduled for the varsity bowl­
ing team.
According to
team members, such con­
tests would have been wel­
come.
It's good to see many boys
who are interested
in
spring sports start pre­
season conditioning
on
their own.
The trip to New York City
was a well coordinated
event. Hopefully it will set
a precedent for similar
activities in the future.
—J.L.M.
PAGE 4
Hamster-Happy
By NAOMI ARONSON
Some of you may have noticed
that I have been rather bleary-eyed
in recent mornings.
A startling
contrast to my normally alert and
eager countenance.
You see, I
haven’t slept well lately; we have
hamsters.
Les Cauchemars
Hamsters reach their peak of ac­
tivity late at night. About 1 a.m.
they begin exercising on their
wheels, which never stay oiled. Now
this is annoying if one owns a single
hamster, but we are blessed with
four and a fraction of the furry little
rodents. (One of the females is per­
petually pregnant; she never seems
to deliver, though. Caesarian sec­
tion has been suggested, but I sus­
pect a diet would be a more effec­
tive solution,) The wheels must be
in great pain; they whine on for
hours.
CRIMSON AND WHITE
What Is A Senior: Two Views
FROMTHEBOTTOM Tell It Like It Is..
Halfway
through the year and
midterms are now a thing of the
past (Thank Heaven). But look what
lies ahead: sixteen weeks of exactly
the same misery v/e experienced the
last sixteen weeks and twice the
amount of no Les to study for finals.
Ah, to be a senior . . .
After midterms the only thing
that haunts their minds is whether
or not they’ve been accepted at a
college. They don’t start worrying
until April, either, when they usual­
ly receive
answers from the col­
leges. And of course there are the
ones who were accepted on Early
Decision.
They’re the ones who
make the most noise when I’m try­
ing to fit in an extra ten minutes
of studying before a test. Their
classes usually go like this: shop,
However, if you do not sleep, study, jewelry design, study, lunch,
hamsters make endearing pets, as­ art, etc.
suming you can repress the uncom­
Jealous? Who me? Of course not.
fortable feeling that after all, they
are really rats. Each animal has a I enjoy studying until all hours
distinct personality, its own amus­ while they leaf through their college
catalogs. Having biology, world his­
ing eccentricities.
tory, geometry, and French right in
a row isn’t a hard schedule. No, I’m
Milady
Sara, for example, is the most not jealous of seniors.
recent member of the group. She is
I HATE THEM ! ! !
four weeks old, albino, very tidy
—Roz Hohenstein
and delicate. Sara is a fastidious
little creature. After relieving her­ sible to recover. Of course, this
self, she grasps the refuse in both causes great mourning. Children
paws and heaves it out of her cage, pine after their missing pets. And
much to the distress of the human housekeepers live in dread that the
occupants of the room. (I hope you animal will crawl out at night and
appreciate the difficulties involved gnaw on the furniture.
in transforming this into printable
Hamsters are suitable gifts for
language. It loses something in the
translation.) The result is U.F.O. frustrated equestrians. They eat like
horses. Fortunately, they are easier
(Unidentified Flying Offal).
to care for in other respects.
Other Advantages
I was going to conclude by recom­
The hamsters have also been mending hamsters as ideal pets. On
known to slip out of their cages. second thought . . . how do you feel
Once lost, they are almost impos- about goldfish?
The Press Test or. An Approach to Insanity
By BARRY PRESS
Students of the absurd rejoice!
Back by popular demand (a demand
that I not do it — but no one can
dampen my devil-may-care attitude)
is that apathetically accepted exam
administered by yours truly. Be
prepared for the unusual and the
ridiculously obvious (not to mention
the obviously ridiculous). So with­
out further ado, I present to you
the Press test (better known as the
Ham’s Exam).
1. If Teddy Roosevelt had spoken
a little louder and used a smaller
stick, do you think that he still
would have had to wear glasses?
2. Since one in the hand is worth
two in the bush, why not put it in a
tree?
3. Math Problem: John is two
years older than Bill, who is three
years older than twice Tom’s age
divided by four. Tom’s hair is a
lighter shade of brown than is
John’s. Why won’t Marsha speak to
Tim?
The status of Senior by no means
implies freedom from academic ob­
ligation, nor indeed lessened work
in any area: the happy-go-lucky
air of most Milne seniors masks
anxiety over many things; and it is
not as opposed to the amount or
quality of work done as it may seem.
First semester Senior year is Hell.
The pressure for grades, extant
since ninth grade, becomes unbear­
able. Seniors hold the responsible
position in extracurricular organ­
izations, positions involving a great
deal of work in planning and exe­
cuting ideas. But these and the
other obvious factors are the least
of it.
Most schools require an autobio­
graphical sketch as part of their ap­
plication: to write one honestly is
unbelievably difficult.
Where am I heading? What am
I looking for in college, in life? Will
I be capable, academically, socially,
generally, of handling a college en­
vironment?
These are but a few of the ques­
tions a college applicant must ask
himself and try to answer; sorting
the experiences and acquired atti­
tudes of 17 years that constitute his
personality is a tremendously taxing
job.
And, I think, the senior who takes
an art course, or two or three, works
as hard at them as he does in his
“academic” courses. The pre-occu­
pation with grades, the primary
drive in most Milne students, grad­
ually, over four years, gives way
to a striving for excellence for per­
sonal satisfaction: a desire to learn,
not because it’s necessary, but be­
cause it is rewarding and actually
fun.
Seniors a e lucky. Education is
for them no longer a chore; it is an
intriguing challenge.
—Paula Boomsliter
FEBRUARY 17, 1967
Guiding Lights
By MARGARET DIGGS
Through the cooperation of all the
academic subject departments, our
Guidance Department is presently
compiling a Milne Course Directory
that will aid all students in grades
eight through twelve. The mimeo­
graphed Directory will list all the
courses offered in Milne and give
a description of each. It will out­
line in detail all the prerequisites
for all courses, and the student will
be able to determine what each
course demands.
Directory Supplement
Eventually, supervisors of all the
elective subjects will talk to students
in grades nine through twelve and
expand on the written descriptions
in the Directory.
The Guidance Department also
initiated junior group meetings this
year, designed to p ovide informa­
tion and to discuss grades, careers,
and colleges.
Present-Future
Future projects are being mani­
fested this very minute. Mr. Ma"k
Yolles, Guidance Diecior, hopes
that every student will be able to
have a full-period interview with
his counsellor. The new-this-year
appointment book is already solv­
ing many interview scheduling prob­
lems. He anticipates a Student
Council-sponsored ca-eer series for
senior high students.
The Interview Crisis
“We have the best guidance office
in the City of Albany,” according
to Miss Lydia K. Murray, the girls’
guidance counsellor. She feels there
is a need for students to be more
affable and able to conduct them­
selves when being interviewed.
Thus, a tape recorder will prove a
valuable resource when Miss Mur­
ray and Mr. Yolles set up an inter­
viewing situation allowing senior
high students to hear their inter­
view verbatum afterwards.
The only problem the Guidance
Department faces is the time ele­
ment. There are simply not enough
hours in the day to see all the
students!
Reviews and Reflections
This narrative had best be begun by observing the obvious:
4. If mares eat oats and does eat
I am mad. But my madness is not, as Hamlet’s, feigned. It is real,
oats and little lambs eat ivy, why and a part of me; indeed, I couldn’t be me and sane, that is, “normal,”
do they still make cereal?
practical, and insensitive, concurrently.
The condition rather limits my value as a reporter, and so I refer
5. Since a dogwood is a type of
you to the front page, wherein there dwells a measure of “sanity.”
tree and a catfish is a type of fish,
But someday, try looking with wonder at jewelry 5,000 years old,
doesn’t that make you think twice noting the differences in 500 tiny scarabs, standing with your hea'd back
about crow’s-foot?
between your shoulder blades to see the top of a 70-foot medieval choir
screen, laughing because a collection of jeweled swords is beautiful beyond
6. When you get the cart before description, tracing the contours of a Rodin sculpture with your fingers.
the horse, why don’t you call it a
That’s the Metropolitan. The Whitney museum has (had) a show of
Volkswagen and save' on gas?
contemporary American sculpture and prints. The sculptures have to be
touched, gotten into, and absorbed.
7. What is wrong with the follow­
Most almost force the observer to touch them, or play their games,
ing sentence? I went to the delica­ or to try to be a part of them. The prints range from pure sensual experi­
tessen to get her geese as soon as ences to almost-problems in modern sociology.
Dubuffet, Kandinsky, and the Tannhauser collection are at the Gug­
when he didn’t arrive over there to­
morrow. (If you don’t have enough genheim; but by far the best is a mobile by Alexander Calder: fluid,
suspended lilypads, perfectly serene. It’s great—from-’the top, obliquely
room, explain what is right with the from above, exactly on edge, or from below—have you ever looked out
above sentence.)
of a lilypad pond?
Anyone who seeks to enjoy art must be supersensitive to shapes and
8. Do you think Milton would colors, forms and lines and moods, and above all, be able to entirely lose
have written Paradise Lost if the himself, childlike, in the thing. He must be almost totally oblivious of
himself: he must experience, rather than see. I’m like this, and not solely
dice came up seven?
toward contrived art. I can forget I’m me, because, basically, “self” is
Bonus Question: In what year will entirely transitory and of no value except to “self.” Or rather, I know
Hubert Humphrey’s picture appear I’m me but I don’t matter, except as a receptacle. So I can get lost in
on the three dollar bill? (Trick ques­ a sculpture, a painting, people, a building, the dawn, a smell or a feeling
tion. There is no such person as in the air. I’m mad, Gentle Reader: to be sane is to miss worlds.
—Paula Boomsliter
Hubert Humphrey.)